Malot is going to make the Kings opening night roster. Tim Rego was assigned to AHL Ontario today.
So last year we had:
Barron (Win), Malott (LA), Malinski (Col), Stienburg (Col). Mitchell, who I swear was on their roster, played in 0 games for the Islanders.
This year we break camp with Barron (Win), Malott (LA), and Malinski (Col). Bancroft (Bos), Stienburg (Col), Kempf (Col), Mack (NYR), Berard (Van), Rego (LA), Malone (NJ), Andreev (Bos), O'Leary (Win), Suda (Fla), Seger (Det), Shane (Sea), Penney (StL) and Mitchell (NYI) are in the minors. Bardreau, Kaldis, Weidner, and Psenicka are in Europe. Rauter is in Japan. Kovich and Robertson are with other NCAA schools. MacDonald (Col) is injured. I am not sure if Angello has retired.
http://www.tbrw.info/?/players/cornell_NHL_by_Year.html
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC
Kaldis is still in the KHL
Weidner is still in Germany
I heard last season that Gillam was playing in Sweden but I didn't find anything about where
Alex Rauter (https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/169870/alex-rauter) in Japan.
Quote from: ACM on October 04, 2025, 08:31:46 AMAlex Rauter (https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/169870/alex-rauter) in Japan.
Let's go Grits!!
Bancroft was sent down to Providence (AHL) several days ago.
Nice article about Malott here:
Jeff Malott is stronger, playing with more of an edge and more than deserving of his first Opening Night roster - LA Kings Insider https://share.google/dweNx17V4RHPB1MjE
Thank you both, updated! :-*
Quote from: VIEWfromK on October 04, 2025, 07:34:24 AMKaldis is still in the KHL
Weidner is still in Germany
I heard last season that Gillam was playing in Sweden but I didn't find anything about where
Starting his 4th season in Norway. Frisk Asker which seems like the wrong order.
Quote from: abmarks on October 04, 2025, 11:54:39 AMBancroft was sent down to Providence (AHL) several days ago.
Nice article about Malott here:
Jeff Malott is stronger, playing with more of an edge and more than deserving of his first Opening Night roster - LA Kings Insider https://share.google/dweNx17V4RHPB1MjE
I've always believed Malott had NHL ability, and I'm glad he's been able to prove that. Wishing him a great start to the season.
Quote from: abmarks on October 04, 2025, 11:54:39 AMBancroft was sent down to Providence (AHL) several days ago.
Nice article about Malott here:
Jeff Malott is stronger, playing with more of an edge and more than deserving of his first Opening Night roster - LA Kings Insider https://share.google/dweNx17V4RHPB1MjE
QuoteHis points have come in different ways in the exhibition season but Malott has been effective along the boards, making plays off the wall, forechecking with a purpose and keeping plays alive in the offensive zone. No better way to defend than to not have to play in the defensive zone and Malott has done well with that.
Wonder where he learned to play like that?
Quote from: Trotsky on October 04, 2025, 12:01:21 PMStarting his 4th season in Norway. Frisk Asker which seems like the wrong order.
Thank you! I only look on hockey-db and it doesn't list anything for him. Guess I'm too lazy to do a full internet search.
Quote from: VIEWfromK on October 04, 2025, 03:52:08 PMQuote from: Trotsky on October 04, 2025, 12:01:21 PMStarting his 4th season in Norway. Frisk Asker which seems like the wrong order.
Thank you! I only look on hockey-db and it doesn't list anything for him. Guess I'm too lazy to do a full internet search.
I have infinite free time.
Nice profile on Malinski from a Denver paper, focusing on his "switching sides" this season ahead of an expected pairing with Brent Burns.
https://www.denverpost.com/2025/10/02/sam-malinski-avalanche-left-side-defenseman/amp/
None of the players who went pro from last year's team are producing at all this season, including Bancroft (0 points in 9 AHL games). Amazing they were an OT goal, and maybe a few instances of the stomach flu, away from the frozen four.
I have noticed that too. It's disappointing.
Bancroft left college early for a team that seemed poised for a rebuild but instead went for stopgap players in the off-season. With prospects like Poitras and Lysell stuck in the minors it seems to have kept an undrafted free agent like Bancroft glued to the press box.
I still don't begrudge him for leaving early. As an older player he had to figure his time was now. I'm not counting him out but this isn't the first full pro season that he was hoping for.
During my fandom which starts in the mid 90s, Cornell has always been a greater than the sum of it's parts designed team. I always expect team success to overshadow individual success. Being an OT goal away from the Frozen Four was never a barometer for how Kempf, O'Leary, Bancroft, Suda, Penney, Psenicka, Rego, Mack or Shane would fare as professionals as far as I'm concerned.
It was The System (TM). 8)
Travis Mitchell recalled again to fill the Islanders open roster spot. Again he's not expected to play. Hopefully someday...
Quote from: VIEWfromK on November 26, 2025, 05:19:50 PMTravis Mitchell recalled again to fill the Islanders open roster spot. Again he's not expected to play. Hopefully someday...
At least he's getting paid full salary even in Bridgeport, not that it's much (at least as these things go - I'd be thrilled to be paid the same). I'd like to see him benefit from free agency next year but it's hard to see the potential for that without NHL playing time.
Malinski with his patented laser beam wrister to net his 2nd goal of the season last night:
https://www.nhl.com/video/sjs-col-malinski-scores-goal-against-yaroslav-askarov-6385636311112
Quote from: sah67 on November 27, 2025, 09:22:15 AMMalinski with his patented laser beam wrister to net his 2nd goal of the season last night:
https://www.nhl.com/video/sjs-col-malinski-scores-goal-against-yaroslav-askarov-6385636311112
And yet another Malinski shoutout by Elliotte Friedman on 32 thoughts.
Mitchell getting his first NHL game! (https://x.com/NYIslanders/status/1994505955309166781?t=-r6lMFRE_4DvHIDv8vA2Ig&s=19)
Quote from: stereax on November 28, 2025, 04:29:57 PMMitchell getting his first NHL game! (https://x.com/NYIslanders/status/1994505955309166781?t=-r6lMFRE_4DvHIDv8vA2Ig&s=19)
NHLer Travis Mitchell. Has a nice ring to it. Can never take it away from him.
Quote from: VIEWfromK on November 28, 2025, 08:38:06 PMQuote from: stereax on November 28, 2025, 04:29:57 PMMitchell getting his first NHL game! (https://x.com/NYIslanders/status/1994505955309166781?t=-r6lMFRE_4DvHIDv8vA2Ig&s=19)
NHLer Travis Mitchell. Has a nice ring to it. Can never take it away from him.
And another picture on the wall at Lynah!
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on November 28, 2025, 11:30:30 PMQuote from: VIEWfromK on November 28, 2025, 08:38:06 PMQuote from: stereax on November 28, 2025, 04:29:57 PMMitchell getting his first NHL game! (https://x.com/NYIslanders/status/1994505955309166781?t=-r6lMFRE_4DvHIDv8vA2Ig&s=19)
NHLer Travis Mitchell. Has a nice ring to it. Can never take it away from him.
And another picture on the wall at Lynah!
And another shout out to Malinski by Elliotte Friedman suggesting that the Avs may be locking him up long term. Go Sam!
Quote from: arugula on December 01, 2025, 12:00:40 PMQuote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on November 28, 2025, 11:30:30 PMQuote from: VIEWfromK on November 28, 2025, 08:38:06 PMQuote from: stereax on November 28, 2025, 04:29:57 PMMitchell getting his first NHL game! (https://x.com/NYIslanders/status/1994505955309166781?t=-r6lMFRE_4DvHIDv8vA2Ig&s=19)
NHLer Travis Mitchell. Has a nice ring to it. Can never take it away from him.
And another picture on the wall at Lynah!
And another shout out to Malinski by Elliotte Friedman suggesting that the Avs may be locking him up long term. Go Sam!
Have y'all seen Malinski's microstat card? Because what the hell. (https://x.com/megangley/status/1994450976246566974?s=20)
Sullivan Mack got his first pro goal (https://x.com/bisonhockeyECHL/status/1995254025516716238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1995254025516716238%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=) yesterday.
Hopefully he can gain some momentum and have a good season for Bloomington. Pretty unlikely he gets called up to Hartford unless there's a trade with the amount of NHL contracts in front of him.
Quote from: coz on December 01, 2025, 06:31:23 PMSullivan Mack got his first pro goal (https://x.com/bisonhockeyECHL/status/1995254025516716238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1995254025516716238%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=) yesterday.
Hopefully he can gain some momentum and have a good season for Bloomington. Pretty unlikely he gets called up to Hartford unless there's a trade with the amount of NHL contracts in front of him.
Hartford is in Syracuse a week from Saturday. We had hoped to see him. Better to be playing in the ECHL than sitting.
Brianne Jenner has 2g and 2a in Ottawa's win over Vancouver. She was named league player of the week. https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2025/december/01/pwhl-weekly-notebook-dec-1-2025#:~:text=JENNER%20TIES%20SINGLE%20GAME%20POINTS,over%20the%20Goldeneyes%20on%20Wednesday.
In the season opener, Micah Zandee-Hart (captain for new york) cross checked a player in the face/neck, was tossed, and later fined... $250.
The PWHL ladies have figured out that manufacturing a bit of extra drama helps their product. Good thing they have plenty of chirpy personalities in the league.
Quote from: coz on December 01, 2025, 06:31:23 PMSullivan Mack got his first pro goal (https://x.com/bisonhockeyECHL/status/1995254025516716238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1995254025516716238%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=) yesterday.
Back to back games now
Bancroft has 0 points in 12 games in the AHL. He should try filing a petition with the NCAA to let him back into college. There are former pros playing on several other college teams. Under the "rule" that these pros must make minimum salary to remain college eligible, I believe he wouldn't qualify, but there are no rules as the NCAA is making it up as it goes along. Yes, I know this will never happen.
Kent Manderville (https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/3722/kent-manderville) was an explosive presence at Cornell (1.06 PPG). He never became a scorer in the NHL (0.16 PPG), but he had a lengthy and successful career as a defensive forward.
We do not know what Bancroft's expected role is. Let's watch him develop and root for him to succeed and spread the good reputation of Cornell as a place to come to develop your skills.
Quote from: Trotsky on December 04, 2025, 02:43:55 PMKent Manderville (https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/3722/kent-manderville) was an explosive presence at Cornell (1.06 PPG). He never became a scorer in the NHL (0.16 PPG), but he had a lengthy and successful career as a defensive forward.
We do not know what Bancroft's expected role is. Let's watch him develop and root for him to succeed and spread the good reputation of Cornell as a place to come to develop your skills.
I forgot he played only two seasons at Cornell. He took a year off for Olympics training and just decided to go pro afterward, right?
Quote from: Trotsky on December 04, 2025, 02:43:55 PMKent Manderville (https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/3722/kent-manderville) was an explosive presence at Cornell (1.06 PPG). He never became a scorer in the NHL (0.16 PPG), but he had a lengthy and successful career as a defensive forward.
come on man ... manderville was scoring almost a point per game in the AHL by 22. it wasn't his role in the nhl but he didn't get to the league as a grinder.
Suda's getting a PTO (https://x.com/AHLIslanders/status/1996633185707520165?t=TlqkTTjak3UrlfDF-5kbwg&s=19) with the AHL Isles!
Quote from: ugarte on December 04, 2025, 05:25:50 PMQuote from: Trotsky on December 04, 2025, 02:43:55 PMKent Manderville (https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/3722/kent-manderville) was an explosive presence at Cornell (1.06 PPG). He never became a scorer in the NHL (0.16 PPG), but he had a lengthy and successful career as a defensive forward.
come on man ... manderville was scoring almost a point per game in the AHL by 22. it wasn't his role in the nhl but he didn't get to the league as a grinder.
I don't agree with your larger point. He was always at loggerheads with McCutcheon over being responsible defensively. When he went to the Canadian Olympic team it was ironically there that he honed his abilities to play defense.
That got him to the Show, not his flash. The high minors are awash with guys with long scoring careers who never get The Invitation because they did not round out their game. It does your team no good to be 1.00 PPG and yet a -1 every night.
Quote from: Trotsky on December 04, 2025, 06:22:41 PMThe high minors are awash with guys with long scoring careers who never get The Invitation because they did not round out their game. It does your team no good to be 1.00 PPG and yet a -1 every night.
This exactly. Unless you're like, Fucking Elite (Ovechkin, PKane, etc) you need to be able to play without the puck. I can find defensively irresponsible wingers on most teams in the AHL and probably half the KHL too.
Playing well without the puck is a necessary, but far from sufficient, condition to making it in the NHL. Realistically, if Bancroft or anyone else wants to make it, they had better be taking care of the puck and contributing offensively also.
Every forward who has made the NHL from Cornell since I started following (starting with Moulson) has been defensively responsible.
Moulson himself is probably one of the lesser defenders we've gotten to the NHL, but he scored a bunch of NHL goals.
Quote from: Trotsky on December 04, 2025, 06:22:41 PMQuote from: ugarte on December 04, 2025, 05:25:50 PMQuote from: Trotsky on December 04, 2025, 02:43:55 PMKent Manderville (https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/3722/kent-manderville) was an explosive presence at Cornell (1.06 PPG). He never became a scorer in the NHL (0.16 PPG), but he had a lengthy and successful career as a defensive forward.
come on man ... manderville was scoring almost a point per game in the AHL by 22. it wasn't his role in the nhl but he didn't get to the league as a grinder.
I don't agree with your larger point. He was always at loggerheads with McCutcheon over being responsible defensively. When he went to the Canadian Olympic team it was ironically there that he honed his abilities to play defense. That got him to the Show, not his flash. The high minors are awash with guys with long scoring careers who never get The Invitation because they did not round out their game. It does your team no good to be 1.00 PPG and yet a -1 every night.
I'm not making the larger point you think i am. I'm saying that manderville is a bad example of a guy who was in the NHL despite not being a point producer. in the minors, when he had to earn his ticket to the show, he was scoring. he did also have to prove that he could round it his game but that means being more than a minor league scorer, not being someone who, against lesser competition, can't score.
I am not saying that Bancroft made a mistake in leaving (though it would be nice to have him) or that he's dunzo but I am saying that kent manderville is a terrible comp for a guy who isn't scoring in the AHL at 24 regardless of how well he is (or is not) playing defense. The best thing that can be said right now is that he hasn't been shipped down to the ECHL so he's probably doing something right.
Quote from: Dafatone on December 04, 2025, 09:53:20 PMEvery forward who has made the NHL from Cornell since I started following (starting with Moulson) has been defensively responsible.
Moulson himself is probably one of the lesser defenders we've gotten to the NHL, but he scored a bunch of NHL goals.
Yes, but like I said—-being defensively responsible is necessary, but not sufficient. The Cornellians who have made it to the NHL since Moulson put up a lot of points in the lower levels too. Moreover, a lot of qualities that make one a good a good defender, or reliable with the puck, also make one a good scorer: speed, hockey sense, quick passing. It's obviously way too early to say Bancroft made a mistake leaving, but he's going to need to start contributing offensively if he wants to have any shot of making it.
I think Matt Moulson is underrated as an NHL player, and as a Cornell Alum- that said, being on a line with Johnny Tavares certainly helped his point total. FWIW they were also childhood friends.
Watching the NY Sirens / Vancouver Goldeneyes game on Channel 9 in New York. There's 5 Cornell alumnae on the rosters (Zandee-Hart, Bourbonnais, and O'Neill for NY. Daniel and Chan for Vancouver). The only one I haven't seen on the ice yet is O'Neill. And Zandee-Hart was the interview in the 1st intermission.
3-0 Vancouver after 1.
Edit: O'Neill is playing.
Cornell Club of Chicago had a quick meet and greet with Coach Cam Abbott before the Chicago Wolves - Milwaukee Admirals game this evening. He and his family are settling in here.